2nd Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
# 2nd Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly

The second Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2022 provincial elections on 20 November 2022. 87 members were elected to the assembly, 52 of whom were elected through direct elections and 35 of whom were elected through the party list proportional representation system. The first session of the assembly commenced from 2 January 2023.

## Leaders

### Officers

* Speaker of the Assembly: Hon. Bhim Bahadur Bhandari (CPN (Maoist Centre))
* Deputy Speaker of the Assembly: Koili Devi Chaudhary (CPN (UML))
* Leader of the House (Chief Minister):
   * Hon. Rajendra Singh Rawal (CPN (UML)) (until 9 February 2023)
   * Hon. Kamal Bahadur Shah (Nepali Congress) (since 9 February 2023)
* Leader of the Opposition:
   * Hon. Kamal Bahadur Shah (Nepali Congress) (until 9 February 2023)
   * Hon. Khagaraj Bhatta (CPN (Maoist Centre)) (since 9 February 2023)

### Parliamentary party

* Parliamentary party leader of Nepali Congress: Hon. Kamal Bahadur Shah
* Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Maoist Centre): Hon. Khagaraj Bhatta
* Parliamentary party leader of CPN (UML): Hon. Rajendra Singh Rawal
   * Deputy parliamentary party leader of CPN (UML): Hon. Santosh Kumar Sharma
* Parliamentary party leader of Nagrik Unmukti Party: Hon. Rameshwar Chaudhary
* Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Unified Socialist): Hon. Dirgha Bahadur Sodari
   * Deputy parliamentary party leader of CPN (Unified Socialist): Hon. Prakash Rawal

### Whips

* Chief Whip of Nagrik Unmukti Party: Hon. Laxman Kishor Chaudhary
   * Whip of Nagrik Unmukti Party: Hon. Ghanashyam Chaudhary
* Chief Whip of CPN (Unified Socialist): Hon. Naresh Kumar Shahi
   * Whip of CPN (Unified Socialist): Hon. Maya Panta

## Composition

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Party | Party | After election | After election | After election | At present | At present | At present |
| Party | Party | FPTP | PR | Total | FPTP | PR | Total |
| | Nepali Congress | 12 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 8 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| | CPN (UML) | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| | Nagrik Unmukti Party | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| | CPN (Unified Socialist) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Total | Total | 32 | 21 | 53 | 32 | 21 | 53 |

## Members

Nepali Congress (19) :

| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| - | - | - |
| Kailali 2 (A) | Kamal Bahadur Shah | Chief Minister (since 9 February 2023) Leader of the Opposition (until 9 February 2023) Parliamentary party leader |
| Bajura 1 (B) | Padam Bahadur Shahi | |
| Achham 1 (A) | Megh Raj Khadka | |
| Achham 2 (B) | Man Bahadur Rawal | |
| Bajhang 1 (A) | Prithvi Bahadur Singh | |
| Kailali 4 (B) | Prakash Bahadur Bam | |
| Kailali 5 (B) | Prakash Bahadur Deuba | |
| Darchula 1 (A) | Bikram Singh Dhami | |
| Baitadi 1 (B) | Shivaraj Bhatta | |
| Kanchanpur 1 (B) | Devan Singh Bista | |
| Kanchanpur 2 (B) | Bahadur Singh Thapa | |
| Kanchanpur 3 (B) | Vel Bahadur Rana Magar | |
| Khas Arya | Madhu Devi Bharati | |
| Khas Arya | Saraswati Khadka | |
| Khas Arya | Janu Kumari Dani | |
| Khas Arya | Dammari Mahara | |
| Khas Arya | Tulsi Devkota | |
| Dalit | Lalita Sunar | |
| Tharu | Gita Kumari Chaudhary | |

CPN (Maoist Centre) (11) :

| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| - | - | - |
| Bajhang 1 (B) | Bhim Bahadur Bhandari | Speaker of the assembly |
| Dadeldhura 1 (A) | Khagaraj Bhatta | Leader of the Opposition (since 9 February 2023) Parliamentary party leader Cabinet minister (until 9 February 2023) |
| Achham 1 (B) | Jhapat Bahadur Saud | |
| Achham 2 (A) | Akkal Bahadur Rawal | |
| Doti 1 (B) | Shiva Singh Oli | |
| Kailali 5 (A) | Ramesh Singh Dhami | |
| Darchula 1 (B) | Man Bahadur Dhami | |
| Kanchanpur 2 (A) | Om Bikram Bhatt | |
| Khas Arya | Gita Devi Mal | |
| Khas Arya | Janaki Devi Kunwar | |
| Dalit | Laxmi Bishwakarma | |

CPN (UML) (10) :

| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| - | - | - |
| Khas Arya | Rajendra Singh Rawal | Chief Minister (until 9 February 2023) Parliamentary party leader |
| Tharu | Koili Devi Chaudhary | Deputy Speaker of the assembly |
| Khas Arya | Santosh Kumar Sharma | Deputy parliamentary party leader Cabinet minister (until 9 February 2023) |
| Doti 1 (A) | Chakra Bahadur Malla | |
| Baitadi 1 (A) | Surendra Bahadur Pal | |
| Kanchanpur 1 (A) | Bir Bahadur Thapa | |
| Khas Arya | Dharmaraj Pathak | |
| Khas Arya | Janaki Airee | |
| Khas Arya, Backward area | Nirmala Devi Saud | |
| Dalit | Hira Sarki | |

Nagrik Unmukti Party (7) :

| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| - | - | - |
| Kailali 2 (B) | Rameshwar Chaudhary | Parliamentary party leader |
| Kailali 1 (B) | Laxman Kishor Chaudhary | Chief Whip |
| Kailali 3 (A) | Ghanashyam Chaudhary | Whip |
| Kailali 1 (A) | Kailash Chaudhary | |
| Kailali 3 (B) | Khushiram Dagarura Tharu | |
| Khas Arya | Tika Thapa | |
| Khas Arya | Indira Giri | |

CPN (Unified Socialist) (4) :

| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| - | - | - |
| Kailali 4 (A) | Dirgha Bahadur Sodari | Parliamentary party leader |
| Kanchanpur 3 (A) | Prakash Rawal | Deputy parliamentary party leader |
| Bajura 1 (A) | Naresh Kumar Shahi | Chief Whip |
| Dadeldhura 1 (B) | Tara Prasad Joshi | |
| Khas Arya | Maya Panta | Whip |

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (1) :

| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| - | - | - |
| Khas Arya | Khem Devi Bista | |
